Bitcoin is the largest in a new wave of approaches to currency. I would go into the technical details, but that actually makes understanding it much more confusing! If I explained how the Internet worked, for example, most people would go cross-eyed and wouldn’t want to use it! Trust me, Bitcoin works. It’s very, very […]
How do you create the greatest place to live on earth?
By November 13, 2013 9 Comments
I like big bold questions. They inspire, and provoke a different way of thinking. For me, there is nowhere better to apply this type of thinking than to the place where you live. ‘How do you create the greatest place on earth to live?’ is the question I spend much of my time thinking upon. […]
10x Thinking
By November 6, 2013 15 Comments
To me, one company stands out as most impressive in the world right now for its way of thinking. Not for its achievements today (although hugely influential), but for the impact its way of thinking will have on our collective futures.That company is Google. Their way of thinking is what they like to call ‘10x […]
Moving from the Beach to the Ocean
By October 30, 2013 19 Comments
In Mexico recently, I watched a turtle making its way from the beach to the ocean. On land, it is a huge struggle for the turtle to move forward until the point where it hits the ocean. From then on, the journey becomes effortless. It feels a lot like where I am right now. This […]
Your Life is Your Art
By October 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
Earlier this year I backed a Kickstarter project for an incredible book project promoting an ethos and type of living that really resonated with me. As a result, last week I got to spend a few days in London with the founders of Misfit Inc – one of the coolest companies on the planet. We […]
The 4 Minute Mile
By October 9, 2013 9 Comments
In the last week I have spent time at some remarkable outlier education institutions: Singularity University, Uncollege and School of Communication Arts 2.0. They are all defying conventional wisdom yet delivering far, far more than conventional providers. They are all part of my continuing research to explore the edges of human potential with a view […]
The Secret Formula for Living a Great Life
By October 2, 2013 4 Comments
I discovered something quite unexpected last week. Something I would have happily traveled 10 times around the world for. I witnessed a masterclass in living from the most remarkable people I have ever met. The irony is that I hadn’t planned or expected to meet anyone so remarkable. I ended up in Rajasthan, India, not […]
Privacy is Dead. Long Live Transparency!
By September 25, 2013 10 Comments
I grew up in a small island community, where everybody knew one another and privacy did not really exist. I often joke about how this accident of upbringing provided me with great training for the future. Privacy is a relatively recent thing. Long before we started to cut ourselves off from each other in our […]
Why Burning Man is Changing the World
By September 11, 2013 9 Comments
Trying to explain the Burning Man event to someone who has not been is like trying to explain a colour to a blind person. You just have to see with your own eyes to fully understand it. What goes on there is pretty hard to explain without underplaying the experience. So for that reason I […]
The 2 reasons why most religions are technically and organisationally flawed
By August 25, 2013 10 Comments
I am not going to debate on the right and wrong of each religion. I am merely going to throw out a provocation about the structures and underlying technology behind many religions. I am doing this not to trivialise them, but to provide a platform for a different kind of debate. If this debate progresses, […]